A place where beginners can participate, ask questions, and post their views. However, beginners typically ask a lot of questions about sources, tricks, books, and so on. In fact, all magicians are interested (or should be) in the provenance of tricks, ideas, and related matters. This department will service these needs.

Does indeed sound like Sam the Bellhop , though there is no mention of a "Little Louie" in the routine. Perhaps you saw a personalized version. Or you could have seen one of the many other story deck routines that have been published. Some others to check out are:

Diamond JackJack Goes to Town (?) Not sure of the title, it's in Scarne on Card TricksSimon Lovell's Who Killed Lily LonglegsChristopher Carter's routine from his lecture notes The Adventures of Jack Spade and Other MysteriesDavid Regal's routine from one of the Constant Fooling books

Squeed,That is "Sam the Bellhop", go buy Bill Malones video and you will see the best version ever. The video is of course called "Sam the Bellhop".Someone obviously changed the name but from what little you said it is the same, I might add it is beautiful to see Bill Malone do it.Rennie